Junior English Gets Spooked by Poe
Students in Mrs. Kostal's English III class are studying Edgar Allan Poe as we approach Halloween and are in the midst of "Spooky Season"! This week they read The Tell-Tale Heart and then competed in a Virtual . . .
Science Projects
The science classrooms have been busy with projects this year. The exploratory science class has been discussing different types of collisions and are doing many hands-on activities. The chemistry class has just finished talking about . . .
Independent Living Cooking Projects
The Independent Living class is cooking up a storm this quarter. They are finding recipes online and in recipe books. They just finished making "fish food" and "monkey bread." We will soon be preparing . . .
Freshmen Experiment in Physical Science
The freshman Physical Science class recently did a lab to determine the results of a substance when energy is added to a system. Even though some thought that the themometers were not working correctly, they found out that energy will . . .
Music Department Fall Update
We are busy at work at all levels of the music department at Diller-Odell Schools. Thankfully, the members of ensembles have shown great commitment and drive that is a continuation of last year’s progress. The junior high . . .
Jefferson County Spelling Contest
Diller-Odell students competed at the Jefferson County Spelling Contest Monday, Oct. 5th in Fairbury. Fifth and Sixth grade students competed in the morning. Representing Diller-Odell were: Xavier, Langdon, Cale, Jayna, Clara, . . .
Annual Staff Hard at Work
The Diller-Odell Annual Staff has been hard at work this fall. Selling all ads by phone was a new adventure for the group, since going to businesses in person was not an option, due to COVID. Their sales were a success and . . .
Constitution Day
On Sept. 17, the 8 th Grade Social Studies class recognized Constitution Day at the high school in Odell. During the last half of 5 th Period several 8 th Graders challenged the rest of the students/staff in the building by . . .
Check out Miss Cooper's Library Webpage!
Click on the Library link to check out our new Diller-Odell Library page. This is a page designed for students and parents alike. It showcases student makerspace projects and provides access to the Library Catalog and e-Books on . . .
Seventh Grade English
The Seventh graders read the story "3 Wishes" which was about a man who was granted 3 wishes, but they did not turn out to be as good as he hoped. To end the story, the students were asked to create a video of themselves . . .
Freshmen Geometry
The Freshmen are getting geometrically smarter with Ms. Day’s new Smart Board!!